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After leading employees to a back room, the suspects stuffed cartons of Newport cigarettes into large garbage bags and took money from the register, the sheriff’s office said. They also stole customers’ wallets in some cases.

Investigators believe the two robberies were committed by the same suspects, the sheriff’s office said. The suspects may be involved in similar robberies in other jurisdictions.

They were described as males wearing dark clothing, gloves, ski masks and armed with handguns, the sheriff’s office said. They were seen in a white Jeep Grand Cherokee or a white Kia Optima with garbage bags over the license plates.

Anyone with information is asked to call Will County sheriff’s detectives at 815-727-8574.